The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Least Shocking 1.2 Teravolt Discharge Ever: The Federal Reserve Is A Conspiracy Against The Public

by Smitty (via Reboot Congress on Twitter) Yeah, had to look up the SI prefix on that one. Tyler Durden over at Zero Hedge reveals something you’ve more or less suspected, but didn’t want to go all tinfoil hat about, emphasis original: . . .Wall Street’s (not to mention the rest of the world’s) biggest […]

Gold Nears $1,900 per Ounce

Anyone seriously expect it to stop short of $2,000? Gold futures notch a fresh nominal record in electronic trading in Asia on Monday, against a backdrop of concerns over the health of the economies in Europe and the U.S. Gold for December traded at $1,882.50 per ounce, up $30.20 in electronic trading. Gold futures reached […]

Libyan Regime Collapses; Rebels Enter Tripoli; Qaddafi Sons Reported Captured

Looks like Moammar Qaddafi’s dictatorship has finally been vanquished: TRIPOLI, Libya — Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s grip on power dissolved with astonishing speed on Monday as rebels marched into the capital and arrested two of his sons, while residents raucously celebrated the prospective end of his four-decade-old rule. . . . The rebel leadership announced that […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 08.22.11

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Rebels Cheer In Tripoli, But Qaddafi Lingers Loyalists still hold up to twenty percent of the city; Moammar Qaddafi’s whereabouts unknown New Wrinkle In Strauss-Kahn Case? Settlement negotiations going on? The New York DA wants to know Netanyahu: No Large-Scale Gaza Operation Pending Current round of rocket and mortar […]

To the Reader Who Bought … Wait, What the Heck Is That $224 Gizmo, Anyway?

I keep calling attention to people who shop our Amazon Associates links to buy stuff I didn’t even know Amazon sold until I saw the sales report informing that I’d earned a 4% commission on it. But a couple of days ago, one of our readers purchased something that I don’t even know what it […]

FMJRA 2.0: Let’s Dance To Joy Division

— compiled by Wombat-socho Tim Pawlenty Quits! Daily Pundit Marfdrat Blog de KingShamus Don Surber Da Tech Guy WyBlog DaleyGator Marcus Bachmann and the Dangerous Modern Myth of ‘Sexual Orientation’ Cynthia Yockey Nice Deb Gay Patriot Forks And Hope Gay Patriot Don Surber Wintery Knight Blogging About Pathetic Perverts and Also Andrew Sullivan’s Sarah Palin […]

Your Ugly Ancestors

Now we know where you get it, huh? This photo is from a collection called “Victorian Husbands and Wives” and, in linking the collection at AOSHQ, Maetenloch offered the defense that “makeup and smiles apparently hadn’t been invented yet.” AOSHQ commenters unanimously agreed: I wouldn’t hit that for $100 in 1872 money, which would be like eleventy kajillion bucks […]

Weird News: Nephew of Joe Lieberman Accused of Massive Online Art Fraud

Chad Love-Lieberman, 34, reputed nephew of Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman, has been accused of copyright infringement and fraud. Love-Lieberman’s alleged fraud was exposed after an online publication Campus Socialite picked up a story from the South Florida Chronicle about Love-Lieberman’s self-proclaimed success as a “multimedia pop artist.” Campus Socialite further asserted that Love-Lieberman had taken out a […]

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